China News Service, February 22. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the impact of this round of low-temperature rain, snow, and freezing weather continues, and the rain and snow have weakened significantly. On February 22, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction, and Relief Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the China Meteorological The bureau continues to organize joint discussions and video dispatch in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and other provinces, emphasizing the need to make every effort to ensure personnel safety, ensure smooth traffic, and effectively prevent secondary disasters such as the collapse of large-span buildings and geology.
The discussion emphasized that this round of low-temperature, rainy, snowy and freezing weather has had a long-lasting impact on some areas. It has currently had a significant impact on transportation in Hubei, Hunan and other provinces, and the risk of disasters is high. We must put the safety of people's lives first. In practice, we insist on ensuring that responsibilities are in place, research and judgment are in place, measures are in place, supervision, inspection and follow-up are in place, and we make every effort to prevent and respond to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters.
It is necessary to carry out in-depth investigation and rectification of hidden dangers in various factories, supermarkets, hospitals and other crowded places as well as dilapidated houses, long-span truss sports venues and other buildings (structures), and strictly guard against geological disasters such as landslides; it is necessary to strengthen departmental coordination and linkage, Road sections prone to snow and ice and prone to accidents should reserve snow and ice removal materials and equipment in advance, and carry out snow and ice removal operations in a timely manner to ensure smooth traffic; forecasts and warnings and disaster prevention and hazard avoidance information should be released on a rolling basis to guide the public to avoid danger in a timely and reasonable manner travel.
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, as of 8:00 on the 23rd, there will be heavy snowfall in parts of southern Shaanxi, central Anhui, and central and eastern Hubei. Central and southern Anhui, southwestern Jiangsu, northwest Zhejiang, central and eastern and southern Hubei, most of Hunan, There are freezing rain or ice particles in some areas in northwest Jiangxi and eastern Guizhou.